On The Same Team: State Historical Societies and Local Museums
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Museums/Exhibits
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
This roundtable would, ideally, be a mix of representatives from state historical societies and local history museums discussing how they have collaborated to improve public history in their area. Read More
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: Pedagogy, Public History, and Politics
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Preservation
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
As we near the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, we are still grappling with how the memory of revolutionary figures like George Washington and other founding fathers, have been preserved and re-thought by public history professionals since the end of the Revolution. Read More
Public History Showcase
PROPOSAL TYPE
Lightning Round
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Consulting
- Reflections on the Field
- Most categories apply
ABSTRACT
This rapid lightning round offers a chance for public history practitioners and scholars to showcase a wide range of innovative projects that are shaping and redefining our field. Read More
Working Group on Sharing Best Practices and Challenges of Institutional Slavery Reckoning Projects
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Participants
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, many museums, universities, churches, and cities have launched projects to explore and reckon with their histories of slavery. Read More
Revolutionary Displays? Museums, Violence, and the Struggle Against Indifference
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
On April 23, 2025, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan opened Documenting the Crime: Eyewitness Records of the Armenian Genocide, a temporary exhibition drawing on testimonies from diplomats, missionaries, journalists, and relief workers. Read More
Interpreter Professionalization: Public History’s Disenfranchised Front Line
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Organizing
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
When the public visits museums and historic sites, their primary conduit is often an interpreter. Read More
Culture on the Coast: Flooding and History
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Environmental Sustainability
- Preservation
ABSTRACT
The Committee of Environmental Sustainability (NCPH) and its counterpart with AASLH are interested in gathering a round table of organizations, local to Rhode Island or the region, to explore the impact of sea rise of historic resources and older neighborhoods, and more critically, what some resilience strategies might be. Read More
Out of the Archives: Innovative Methods for Sharing LGBTQIA+ Archives
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable or Lightning Round
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
ABSTRACT
This session aims to examine creative methods for sharing LGBTQIA+ history that utilizing growing networks of community and/or museum-based LGBTQIA+ archives. Read More
More Than a Field Trip: Building Interactive History Experiences that Spark Investigation
PROPOSAL TYPE
Nuts and Bolts
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Public Engagement
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
How do we move beyond scripted tours to create revolutionary learning experiences? How do we engage with necessary but challenging topics like westward conquest in an inviting, engaging field trip? Read More
Collaborating in Crisis: Applied and Academic Public Historians in Conversation
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Memory
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
The current U.S. presidential administration is determined to usher in a “revolution” in historical thinking and presentation. Read More